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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-32-000, et al.]

 

CNG Transmission Corporation, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate 
Filings

October 27, 1994.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. CNG Transmission Corp.

[Docket No. CP95-32-000]

    Take notice that on October 21, 1994, CNG Transmission Corporation 
(CNGT), 445 West Main Street, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301, filed in 
Docket No. CP95-32-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon certain 
pipelines, measurement and regulating stations, compressor stations, 
and rights-of-way as well as certain firm transportation points, all 
located within Boone, Kanawha and Raleigh Counties, West Virginia by 
sale to Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation (Cabot), all as more fully set 
forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    The facilities that CNGT proposes to abandon were transferred to 
CNGT from its predecessor, (now Hope Gas, Inc.) effective January 1, 
1984. The transfer and classification of assets was approved by the 
Commission in Docket No. CP80-346-000 on December 20, 1983. Facilities 
constructed since 1984 have been added under CNGT's blanket certificate 
granted at 21 FERC 62,172 (1982) in Docket No. CP82-537-000.
    The facilities are currently used to gather and transport gas for 
CNGT's system supply and to render interruptible transportation service 
for various shippers. In addition, CNGT provides firm transportation 
for Hope Gas, Inc. (Hope), an affiliate of CNGT. Hope makes sales to 
individual consumers along the facilities and has its own distribution 
facilities connected to the facilities. No interruption of Hope's 
consumer service will occur.
    Cabot or a subsidiary will provide non-jurisdictional gathering 
service for the transportation provided by CNGT to producers on the 
pipelines to be sold to Cabot. Associated with this filing, Cabot or a 
Cabot subsidiary will file a Petition for Declaratory Order Disclaiming 
Jurisdiction relating to the facilities being abandoned and transferred 
to Cabot.
    Comment date: November 14, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

2. Williams Gas Processing--Kansas Hugoton Co.

[Docket No. CP95-12-000]

    Take notice that on October 5, 1994, Williams Gas Processing--
Kansas Hugoton Company (WGP-KHC), P. O. Box 3102, Tulsa, Oklahoma 
74101, filed in Docket No. CP95-121-000 a petition for declaratory 
order requesting that the Commission declare that the facilities to be 
acquired from Williams Natural Gas Company (WNG) are gathering 
facilities exempt from the Commission's Regulations pursuant to Section 
1(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA, all as more fully set forth in the 
petition which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    WGP-KHC states that it would, pursuant to a Transfer and Assignment 
Agreement dated October 3, 1994, between WGP-KHC and WNG, acquire at 
net book value, all of WNG's Kansas Hugoton gathering facilities 
located in Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stanton 
and Stevens Counties, Kansas.
    WGP-KHC states that WNG would convey the Kansas Hugoton gathering 
system which consists of two operationally separate sub-systems, namely 
the A&B sub-system, located west of the Hugoton compressor station, and 
the C sub-system located east of the Hugoton compressor station. The 
Kansas Hugoton A&B sub-system consists of the following facilities, all 
of which are currently classified as gathering:
    (1) North Ulysses station--Located in the NE/4 of Section 16, 
Township 26 South, Range 38 West, Kearny County, Kansas. The station 
operates both single and two stage and consists of five 2,000 HP 
Cooper-Bessemer engine compressors for a total of 10,000 HP.
    (2) North Ulysses ``A'' station--Located in the SE/4 of Section 4, 
Township 25 South, Range 37 West, Kearny County, Kansas. The station 
consists of one 1,100 HP White Superior engine compressor.
    (3) North Ulysses ``B'' station--Located in the NW/4 of Section 25, 
Township 24 South, Range 37 West, Kearny County, Kansas. The station 
consists of one 1,320 HP Cooper-Bessemer engine compressor.
    (4) North Ulysses ``C'' station--Located in the SW/4 of Section 17, 
Township 24 South, Range 36 West, Kearny County, Kansas. The station 
consists of one 1,320 HP Cooper-Bessemer engine compressor.
    (5) West Ulysses station--Located in the SW/4 of Section 28, 
Township 28 South, Range 38 West, Grant County, Kansas. The station 
consists of three 2,000 HP Cooper-Bessemer compressors, one 1,800 HP 
Cooper-Bessemer compressor, three 1,350 Cooper-Bessemer compressors for 
a total of 11,850 HP.
    (6) West Ulysses ``A'' station--Located in the NE/4 of Section 20, 
Township 28 South, Range 38 West, Grant County, Kansas. The station 
consists of one 660 HP White Superior compressor.
    (7) West Ulysses ``B'' station--Located in the NE/4 of Section 8, 
Township 28 South, Range 38 West, Grant County, Kansas. The station 
consists of two 660 HP White Superior engine compressors, for a total 
of 1,320 HP.
    (8) West Ulysses ``C'' station--Located in the SW/4 of Section 9, 
Township 27 South, Range 38 West, Grant County, Kansas. The station 
consists of two 660 HP compressors, for a total of 1,320 HP.
    (9) South Ulysses station--Located in the SE/4 of Section 5, 
Township 30 South, Range 38 West, Grant County, Kansas. South Ulysses 
consists of two 2,000 HP Cooper-Bessemer engine compressors, for a 
total of 4,000 HP.
    (10) South Ulysses ``A'' station--Located in the SE/4 of Section 5, 
Township 30 South, Range 38 West, Grant County, Kansas. The station 
consists of one 660 HP White Superior engine compressor.
    (11) South Ulysses ``B'' station--Located in the NE/4 of Section 
19, Township 30 South, Range 38 West, Grant County, Kansas. The station 
consists of one 660 HP White Superior engine compressor.
    (12) South Ulysses ``C'' station--Located in the SW/4 of Section 
30, Township 30 South, Range 38 West, Grant County, Kansas. The station 
consists of two 660 HP White Superior engine compressors, for a total 
of 1,320 HP.
    (13) South Ulysses ``D'' station--Located in the SW/4 of Section 
29, Township 30 South, Range 39 West, Stanton County, Kansas. The 
station consists of one 660 HP White Superior engine compressor.
    (14) South Ulysses ``E'' station--Located in the NW/4 of Section 8, 
Township 32 South, Range 39 West, Morton County, Kansas. The station 
consists of two 660 HP White Superior engine compressors, for a total 
of 1,320 HP.
    (15) Pipeline--Approximately 1,247.1 miles of 2'' to 30'' pipeline 
consisting of:

1.8 miles of 2''
2.9 miles of 3''
558.4 miles of 4''
3.1 miles of 5''
293.8 miles of 6''
0.3 miles of 7''
131.3 miles of 8''
71.5 miles of 10''
51.6 miles of 12''
 0.7 miles of 14''
31.9 miles of 16''
12.8 miles of 20''
 9.5 miles of 22''
 2.3 miles of 24''
31.5 miles of 26''
 0.2 miles of 28''
43.5 miles of 30''

    The Kansas Hugoton C sub-system consists of the following 
facilities, all of which are currently classified as gathering:
    (1) Sublette station--Located in the NE/4 of Section 2, Township 29 
South, Range 33 West, Haskell County, Kansas. The station operates in 
two stages and consists of one 2,000 HP compressor, one 1,800 HP 
compressor, and one 1,350 HP compressor for a total of 5,150 HP.
    (2) North Sublette station--Located in the NE/4 of Section 26, 
Township 25 South, Range 33 West, Finney County, Kansas. The station 
consists of two 660 HP White Superior engine compressors for a total of 
1,320 HP.
    (3) Pipeline--Approximately 457.6 miles of 2'' to 22'' pipeline 
consisting of:

0.2 miles of 2''
0.1 miles of 3''
202.0 miles of 4''
117.5 miles of 6''
8.6 miles of 7''
27.0 miles of 8''
9.2 miles of 10''
20.9 miles of 12''
48.9 miles of 16''
0.1 miles of 18''
17.4 miles of 20''
5.7 miles of 22''

    Other facilities to be conveyed within the Kansas Hugoton system 
include two types of facilities that are not included in the A&B or C 
sub-systems. The first of these ``other'' facilities are minor line 
segments physically connected to gathering systems or pipelines owned 
by others. All of these line segments are currently classified as 
gathering and include:

9.8 miles of 4''
2.4 miles of 5''
2.3 miles of 6''

    The second type of ``other'' facilities include one compressor 
station and approximately 10 miles of pipeline that currently are 
classified as transmission but which serve a gathering function and are 
proposed to be reclassified as gathering. These facilities are used to 
move gas for certain shippers, and consist of:
    (1) United Station--Located in Section 3, Township 29 South, Range 
35 West, Grant County, Kansas. United station consists of three 2,000 
HP Cooper-Bessemer compressors, one 1,440 HP Cooper-Bessemer 
compressor, and one 3,500 HP Ingersoll-Rand gas turbine engine, for a 
total of 10,940 HP.
    (2) Pipeline--Approximately 10.3 miles of 20'' and 26'' pipeline 
consisting of:

2.3 miles of 20##
8.0 miles of 26##

    WGP-KHC states that it intends to assume ownership and control of 
the subject facilities as a non-regulated, independent, and separately 
managed business and is seeking a Commission declaratory order to 
confirm that the subject facilities are wholly exempt from the 
Commission's jurisdiction under the NGA. Petitioner also states that 
the Amoco Production Company, the largest producer in the Kansas-
Hugoton field will operate the Kansas Hugoton gathering system as an 
independent contractor, subject to a long-term operating agreement 
including, inter alia, an obligation to operate the facilities in an 
open access and non-discriminatory manner.
    Comment date: November 21, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

3. Ozark Gas Transmission System

[Docket No. CP95-30-000]

    Take notice that on October 21, 1994, Ozark Gas Transmission System 
(Ozark), 1700 Pacific Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75201, filed in Docket No. 
CP95-30-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas 
Act, for permission and approval to abandon one lateral compressor and 
related facilities, known as the Turkey Flat Compressor Station located 
in Haskell County, Oklahoma, all as more fully set forth in the 
application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Specifically, Ozark is proposing to abandon all of the facilities 
at the Turkey Flat Station, including the compressor unit, dehydration, 
measuring and regulating equipment, 10,364 feet of 6 inch line, and 
metering equipment at the Turkey Flat #1 well site. Ozark was 
authorized in Docket No. CP78-532,et al., inter alia, to construct and 
operate the Turkey Flat Compressor Station. Ozark asserts that gas 
supply produced from the well located behind this compressor is being 
delivered to another pipeline and therefore production will not be 
interrupted upon abandonment of the station. Ozark further states that 
it proposes to reclassify the facilities proposed to be abandoned 
herein, for future use.
    Comment date: November 17, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

    F. Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before the comment date, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 
20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in accordance with the 
requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 
CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
(18 CFR 157.10). All protests filed with the Commission will be 
considered by it in determining the appropriate action to be taken but 
will not serve to make the protestants parties to the proceeding. Any 
person wishing to become a party to a proceeding or to participate as a 
party in any hearing therein must file a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the Commission's Rules.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be 
held without further notice before the Commission or its designee on 
this application if no motion to intervene is filed within the time 
required herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter 
finds that a grant of the certificate and/or permission and approval 
for the proposed abandonment are required by the public convenience and 
necessity. If a motion for leave to intervene is timely filed, or if 
the Commission on its own motion believes that a formal hearing is 
required, further notice of such hearing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for applicant to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-27255; Filed 11-2-94; 8:45 am]
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